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Why Vaccine Hesitancy is Rising Among Thailand’s Youth
Since Thailand kicked off its COVID-19 vaccination program for middle and high school students, the country has seen a rise in anti-vax sentiments among its youth. On October 4, Thailand started giving students aged 12 to 17 the mRNA vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech. Approximately 3.6 million out ...
Wichuta Teeratanabodee
Majority doubt govt's Covid vaccination strategy: poll
A majority of people are not confident in the government’s administration of Covid-19 vaccination plans and doubt its goal of inoculating 50 million people with 100 million doses of vaccines by the end of 2021 can be achieved, according to the result of an opinion ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Financial help for people suffering effects of Covid vaccination
The National Health Security Office has so far paid out nearly one million baht in assistance to people suffering from side effects of Covid-19 vaccinations.NHSO secretary-general Jadej Thammatach-aree said on Tuesday that a total of 991,700 baht had been distributed to 150 people, and the ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Thailand’s vaccination program lags behind ASEAN neighbors
On Saturday, Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health announced that since the vaccination program began, the country has inoculated 470,301 persons with at least one dose of a vaccine.When compared to other countries in ASEAN, Thailand’s vaccination program lags woefully behind especially when compared to other ...
Covid vaccination priorities announced
The first 200,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to arrive on Wednesday will be sent to 13 provinces with high infection rates and economic significance, according to a government spokesman.Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Tuesday that the vaccination programme will ...
Bangkok Post Reporter